Soundwave Touring boss AJ Maddah has confirmed that the Harvest Festival has been officially cancelled.

The word doing the rounds at close of business today (September 16, 2013) was that Soundwave boss AJ Maddah has bought out Ken West’s share of Big Day Out.

Daryl Braithwaite has returned to Sony Music where he recorded his two biggest solo albums more than two decades ago.

The fifth studio album for The Arctic Monkeys entitled “AM” becomes the bands fifth Top 5 album and second No.1, as their debut set “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not” went to the top in February of 2006.

X-Factor judge, LMFAO member and the eighth child of Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr., Redfoo (born Stefan Kendall) debuts at the No.1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart this week with his track “Let's Get Ridiculous”, debuting on Gold (●) sales status.

The City of Melbourne now has a music advisor committee made up 12 active members from the cities various music sectors.

New Releases for week commencing Friday 13th September, 2013 (unless otherwise noted below)

iHeartRadio is now available on mobiles in Australia. The Australian Radio Network (ARN) has launched the mobile app for the radio streaming service that is bringing thousands of new radio listening options to Australians everywhere.

The original Sapphires will be honoured by Support Act at a special luncheon in Sydney at the New South Wales Parliament House next month.

Arctic Monkeys should have the number one album in Australia in the next chart.

Jessica Mauboy picked up two Deadly Awards in Sydney on Tuesday night while Troy Cassar-Daly and Archie Roach also won awards.

Taylor Swift has scooped six nominations at the Country Music Association Awards (CMAs).

Pink reclaims the No.1 spot in Australia with “The Truth About Love” this week on the ARIA Albums chart, giving the album its tenth broken week at the top.

Katy Perry scores a third week at No.1 with her track “Roar”, and with the video clip just released, it should secure a few more weeks at the top.

Barefoot Divas, whose members are from Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia and ARIA award winner Jeff Lang are more names added to the second artist announcement for the Australian World Music Expo (AWME).

Damian Costin, formerly of Australian booking agency Premier Artists and one-time member of Motorace, has started his new company The 123 Agency.

New Releases for week commencing Friday 30th August, 2013 (unless otherwise noted below).

UK based indie label Cooking Vinyl has opened an Australian office.

Melbourne band The Paper Kites want to put your mug in their next music video.

The Association of Independent Music celebrated another triumphant year for independent music as it unveiled the winners at the third annual AIM Independent Music Awards.

Avenged Sevenfold just scored their second US number one album with ‘Hail To The King’ topping the American album chart this week.

SelectBooks, Inc. has announced the publication of The Rhino Records Story: Revenge of the Music Nerds by Harold Bronson, the inside story of how a small record store in Los Angeles launched a music label that defied all odds to become one of the industry's biggest and best. The October 22nd publication date coincides with Rhino Records' 40th anniversary.

Beta vs. VHS. Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD. The electronics industry has a long history of issuing competing products that battle it out for market supremacy.

The Pyramid Rock Festival for 2013 will not go ahead.

Melbourne Music Week has announced its first round of artists for 2013 with the promise for the state of Victoria that over 75% of performers will be locals.

Katy Perry looks set to “Roar” at the top of the Australian charts for a third week this coming weekend, but a couple of overseas tourists could jet their way into our top five singles too.

Independent Melbourne label I Oh You have set the date their 4th Birthday celebration as a part of Melbourne Music Week 2013.

Kew Gardens was once again the idyllic setting for the annual Progressive Music Awards, presented by Orange Amplification. The intimate evening, created by Prog Magazine, was hosted by world-renowned journalist and Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler.

Just how much money would it take to get David Bowie out of retirement from the concert stage? It looks like both AEG and Live Nation would like to find out and the answer could be in the millions.

Indie rock act Jagwar Ma and EDM act Flume have both been nominated in five categories of the Independent Music Awards.